Birthday: November 23rd 2005 Arrival Story: I found her for sale through an online listing and went to see her. She was sold once but was returned because the husband was very upset the wife bought a dog. So she became my dog. Bio: Goofball has graduated from 2 obedience classes with the 1st place trophy (1 class on-leash and 1 class off-leash). Before she was a year old she passed her Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Test. She started Basic Agility training in March 2009. Graduated Basic Agility class May 2009. She started Intermediate Agility classes in June 2009. She started attending Advanced Agility classes near the end of October 2009. Forums Motto: Just Goofy. The Groups I'm In: Holistixperience!, Home Cooked Food and Recipes Diet: Prey Model Raw. Chicken, game hen, quail, duck, turkey, lamb, venison, beef, buffalo, salmon, etc. She eats 2.5-4.0 oz a day.
It has been a long time since I last wrote on here. Goofy is doing fine. Early this year she was diagnosed with a heart murmur so we have eventually stopped agility altogether. The Florida heat didn't help matters much either. She has slowed down some and I don't push her further than she wants to go for walks. I have also purchased a fitness ball to help with muscle tone.
We have also added cats to the family and they all get along well.
Goofy has finally finished CPE Level 1 and will be moving up to Level 2 next time she competes. All we needed was a Jackpot and we got that today at Paws & Ques in Williston. The drive was an insane 2 hours one way. So we left home at 5:30 am and didn't get home until 8:00 pm. Insane.... Glad we only went for one day. We also did Jumpers and Snookers. All 3 were Qualifiers so we also had a perfect day.
3 Qualifier Ribbons, 3 1st Place Ribbons, 1 Perfect Day Ribbon, and 1 Title Ribbon.
Today was our first distance class. First off, Goofy is refusing A-frames now. No worries since this can be worked with later. We will be lowering the frame so she can succeed and build confidence again. But the plus side is her weaving has greatly improved as well as her teeter. Another down note is she is missing the middle of the tire at times. Like someone at the trials says, when you fix one thing, something else breaks. If you aren't fixing something, then you aren't doing agility right. =)
But Goofy did okay in class. We worked on some tricky ones like discriminating between tunnel and A-fame when they are both close. I would have to teach Goofy 'out'.
Another thing we worked on is making a cross behind your dog while sending for a double jump. I know we need more practice with the crosses and distance work.
